Human Glue - By Hilary Hanbury
This is the outline of the novel as far as I have managed to plan it. It may well change as it has already done a couple of times, but I would be interested in any comments. Thanks
Ellen started life without many advantages and with precious little in the way of family support. Her determination to succeed , borne of witnessing the slow disintegration of her own mother through mental health problems, eventually projects her into a moneyed world, where what you own, is more important than who you are.
She has three daughters, the youngest of whom, Carrie, rejects what she considers to be her mother’s poor judgements and philosophy of life and does her level best to destroy it and try to jog her mother back to value what Carrie considers to be the more important things in life.
Carrie has an affair with her mother’s lover but the situation becomes intolerable and she tries to find a way out by fleeing to Paris
While there, she meets Josh, a Canadian student with whom she forms an attachment, mainly due to the fact that she is completely alone and also lonely.
The life she has known in the UK
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This is it, so far. Now the hard work begins to pull it all together.
I will certainly look forward to your help and support folks! - Hilary
Sounds very interesting Hilary. Like yours, my story is prone to change! I already can empathise with Carrie and her family situation, no wonder she decides to run away somewhere else, and there are worst places than Paris. I also want to know more about Josh, as I do have a penchant (pardon the 'French pun'!)for Canadian guys. All sounds very exciting!!
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ReplyDeleteThis is a very good outline for a story, Hilary. Carrie is already an interesting character - trying on the one hand to realign her Mother's values towards the things Carrie sees as important, but then having an affair with her lover!
ReplyDeleteHave you thought about how you will structure it? Is Ellen's story going to alternate with Carrie's throughout the book, or will it be told chronologically, starting with Ellen and her own Mother and progressing through to Ellen having her children and then them growing up? I ask because I am trying to do a similar thing - tell the story of my herione in the present, but having to dip back into the past story of her parents.
It sounds a very tight plot Hilary. Reading it my curiosity was immediately aroused by the man who came between Carrie and her mother. I would think their early relationships will lead to an explosive start. How does Carrie get expelled from this situation? The Paris experience will have to be powerful to counteract it. Just a mad idea. Could the man between mother and daughter have some connection with the Paris gang? PETER.
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